CANTON, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's basketball team clinched the Liberty League regular season championship for the second consecutive season with a 56–48 win over St. Lawrence on Thursday night at Burkman Gymnasium.

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's ice hockey team carried play for long stretches and struck first in the second period, but #14 Dartmouth College scored three unanswered goals in the middle frame to hand the Engineers a 3–1 ECAC Hockey setback tonight at Houston Field House.

HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's hockey team remained within striking distance throughout tonight ECAC Hockey Opening Round contest, receiving goals from Kyley Toye and Nina Christof, but Colgate used a decisive stretch in the second period to secure a 4–2 victory at Class of 1965 Arena.

CANTON, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's basketball team led early and traded punches for much of the night before St. Lawrence pulled away late, handing the Engineers a 69–62 Liberty League setback this evening at Burkman Gymnasium.

February 20-28, 2026 In staging grounds, Samson Young’s LIQUID BORDERS (2012-14) fills the theater lobby with the sounds of a closed frontier zone. The four-part composition traces both natural and manmade barriers, re-staging these as a textured symphony that flows from the industrial clang of metal to gentle shifts of water and wind. Installation Samson Young

Friday / February 20, 2026 at 8:00 pm An EMPAC commission that blends performance, video, and sound, Korakrit Arunanondchai’s THE GHOST WILL TAKE US BY THE HAND takes cues from Asian horror films, using atmosphere—sonic, choreographic, visual, spiritual—as a primary medium. This ticketed performance disorients spectatorship and tests the boundaries between film and live action. Performance Korakrit Arunanondchai

February 20-28, 2026 Jewyo Rhii’s WING THEATER, commissioned by EMPAC, oscillates between installation and activated performance space, with Rhii offering two live activations daily throughout the festival. At once a self-contained theater, a sculptural archive, and a staging ground for storytelling, the piece blurs the boundary between private process and collective encounter. Performance Jewyo Rhii

February 20-28, 2026 Na Mira’s AUTOASPHYXIATION (2025) is on view in EMPAC’s theater lobby during the staging grounds Arts Festival. The artwork is played on a loop with a total run-time of 15 minutes and 19 seconds. Installation Na Mira

February 20-28, 2026 staging grounds Arts Festival 2026 is a platform of performances, open installations, and public programs. New commissions by Korakrit Arunanondchai and Jewyo Rhii, with additional artworks by Na Mira, Samson Young, and Li Yi-Fan explore how art, cultural memory, and experience are shaped by structures that re-animate events across time. Festival Korakrit Arunanondchai, Li Yi-Fan, Na Mira, Jewyo Rhii, and Samson Young

ITHACA, N.Y. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) continued its strong showing at the 2026 Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at Ithaca College, as the women's team remained second among nine programs while the men's team climbed one position into third after another productive day of competition.